Of the lawful and unlawful usury ammo[n]gest Christians, addedOf the lawful and vnlawful vsurie amo[n]gest Christians, added

But if he labour, by the abuse of thy money, to get great riches, either unto pride and riot, or else unto the practise of tyranny and wars, to lay waste & oppress other countries, and also his •ne: ⟨image 31⟩then I pray thee, how canst thou glory, that thy taking of usury is blame less: seeing that for it thou art made to serve other mens sins, in making thy money subject unto such mens lusts? Thinkest thou, that thou mayest freely let out thy money unto any use, so that it be don to thy noun gain? Is not money let out of usurers the greatest cause of riotousness daily increasing in this our age, of pride more than is amongest the Heathen, of shameful idleness of many thousands, of so many bloody wars & spoiled subjects? If thou be a christen man, how canst thou keep no reckoning of these things?

But if he laboure, by the abust of thy monei, to get great ryches, eyther vnto pryde and riot, or els vnto the practise of tirannye and warres, to lay waste & oppresse other contries, and also his •ne: ⟨image 31⟩then I praye the, how canst thou glorie, that thy taking of vsurie is blame lesse: seinge that for it thou arte made to serue other mennes sinnes, in makinge thy money subiect vnto suche mēs lustes? Thinkest thou, that thou mayste frelye let out thy money vnto any vse, so that it be don to thy nown gaine? Is not moneye letten oute of vsurers the greatest cause of riotteousnes dayely incressinge in thys our age, of pride more than is amongest the Heathen, of shamefull idelnes of many thousandes, of so many bloudy warres & spoiled subiectes? If thou be a christen man, how canst thou kepe no rekeninge of these thinges?

There is as it were a certain conspiracy betwixt them that give, and them that take usury. For they lay their labours together, whereby ⟨image 31⟩